I have no idea how to jump in here, after the bouts of silence and site removal. We've had a hectic year. We've been in court. It was four years in coming. It was miserable. We felt exposed and it was not our fault. We were in a bus accident. Niclas was hurt. We live with that pain everyday. And we still got reamed, pretty much.
So we took the site down for a bit to breathe. But now we're back. I wish it was because everything is great. Things are currently holding, and under the circumstances, that's as much as we can ask for.
I requested an internal exam at my last OB appointment for this pregnancy. I was 31 weeks and 5 days pregnant. There is no reason for an internal at that time. Turns out, however, that I was 1cm dliated and my cervix was soft. Lab tests came back positive for impending labor. I was given a round of steriod shots 24 hours apart. Monitored. Sent home to bedrest. Started having organized contractions at 32 weeks exactly. More monitoring. Discovered that I was 3cm dilated, 80% effaced. Was given drugs to stop labor and sent to Boston via ambulance as our local hospital is not equipped to handle the respiratory requirements of a 32 weeker.
I'm still here. 32 weeks, 3 days. On bedrest, holding pattern. Still 3cm and 80% effaced. My short-term goal is to still be pregnant at 34 weeks. Then I will let them transfer me back home. Either to the hospital I started at or our couch. I'll deal with that when we get there.
I'll continue posting hopefully terribly boring shots of the insides of a hospital room here with updates.
Merry Christmas.
